I am feeling a bit swallowed up by the level of mess in the studio. I am not a neat person and I have a pretty high tolerance for clutter. That’s a good thing considering that I am a pile maker rather than a person who immediately puts things away. Eventually though, the piles of clutter start to weigh on me and stress me out.
As a mom and someone who is married to a person who naturally much neater than I am, I have learned to keep the general household clutter from getting too out of hand. The studio, however, is another matter entirely. It’s way too easy to just pick up a pile of books or magazines etc. in the main living areas of the house and dump it in the studio. Out of sight and out of mind.
Two things have contributed to making the mess worse than usual. First of all, I really haven’t spent much solid working time in the studio in months and months. But the really big mess factor comes from having gone on three different art related trips in the last 6 months that focused on three different disciplines: polymer clay, metalwork and beading. So each time I packed for an event, I grabbed a whole bunch of different supplies and each time I returned I just dumped things in various piles around my work area.
My studio is pretty spacious so the mess might not seem too bad in these pictures. The fact is that I have stuff piled on every available surface. That means no room to work at all. Something needs to be done. It’s going to require time and really loud music.
I’ve had a lot of ideas I’d like to play around with both in metal and polymer clay, and I am hoping that I can clear away enough space to get working again. Both girls are away at camp (one working and one just being a carefree camper) and I should be taking advantage of the kid-free days.
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Hah Libby! I don’t think a person can be creative at all if she is a neatnik! Spic and span cleanliness and neatness is way over rated anyway. Love the pic at the top of the page.